Project Management Fundamentals Online Course

Project Management Fundamentals| Online Short Course

The Project Management Fundamentals course is designed to provide individuals and organisations with a solid foundation in project management principles and practices. Whether you’re new to project management or looking to formalise your existing skills, this course offers the essential knowledge to plan, execute, and deliver projects successfully.

Understanding the fundamentals of project management is critical to achieving goals efficiently and consistently. This course equips participants with proven methodologies, tools, and strategies to manage time, resources, and scope—no matter the size or type of project.

What You’ll Learn

Through this course, you’ll gain critical knowledge and practical skills in:

  • Understanding the project lifecycle from initiation to closure.
  • Defining project objectives, scope, deliverables, and success criteria.
  • Creating effective project plans, schedules, and work breakdown structures (WBS).
  • Managing teams, stakeholders, and communications.
  • Identifying risks and implementing mitigation strategies.
  • Monitoring progress, managing change, and ensuring quality delivery.

These foundational skills are essential for ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the expected quality standards.

Who Should Enrol

This Project Management Fundamentals course is ideal for anyone looking to enter or grow within the project management field. It’s a valuable starting point for a variety of project management courses and can serve as a stepping stone to more advanced certifications and roles.

Ideal for:

  • Aspiring project managers and team leaders.
  • Professionals transitioning into project-based roles.
  • Coordinators and administrators seeking formal project knowledge.
  • Business owners and entrepreneurs managing their own initiatives.
  • Anyone interested in understanding how structured project management leads to success.

By enrolling, you’ll gain the core competencies to plan, organise, and control projects with confidence and clarity. This course lays the groundwork for professional growth and improved project outcomes across industries.

Take the next step—enrol today and begin your journey into the world of effective project management.

The person credited with this unit standard can begin operating in a project environment by understanding the terminology and interpreting and explaining fundamental project management concepts. This standard will also add value to learners who are running their businesses and recognise that project management forms an integral component of any business. The qualifying learner can explain the nature of a project, the nature and application of project management, the types of structures found in a project environment, the application of organisation structures in a project environment, and the major processes and activities required to manage a project.

Course Content

  • The characteristics of a project are explained with examples
  • A basic project life cycle is explained with examples of possible phases
  • The reasons for undertaking projects are explained with practical examples
  • A range of types of projects and their complexity are explained in simple terms
  • Project management is defined and its application is explained according to recognised published standards 
  • The major project management processes are described and explained according to recognised best practice 
  • The differences between project management and general management are explained with examples of each 
  • The difference between a project team member and the project manager is explained in accordance with role descriptions
 
  • The reasons for defining structures for a project is explained with examples 
  • The concept of programme and project hierarchies is explained with an example
  • The purpose of decomposing a project into manageable components or parts is explained with practical examples 
  • The concepts of breakdown structures for product, work and cost are explained in simple terms
  • The basic differences between a matrix and functional organisation structure are explained with examples of each
  • The project organisation structure is described and explained in a written format
  • The purpose and key responsibilities of two roles on a project are described in a written format
  • Stakeholders are explained with examples of at least six different stakeholders
  • Key processes and activities that take place to manage a project are described from beginning to end
  • The supplementary management sub-processes and activities required to support the key processes and activities are briefly described with examples of each
  • The reasons for planning and controlling a project are explained with examples of the consequences of not planning and controlling
  • Non-accredited: Short course only  
  • Duration: 1h 30m
  • Delivery: Classroom/Online/Blended
  • Access Period: 12 Months 
SpecCon Short Course
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